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Thread #4948   Message #1310122
Posted By: Stewie
28-Oct-04 - 09:31 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Bald Headed End of a Broom
Subject: RE: Bald headed End of a Broom
Meade gives 'Harry Bennett, w&m, ca 1877'. The earliest publication that he cites is 'Harry Woodson's Gwine Back to Dixie Songster (1877)'. The earliest issued recordings were by George Reneau (1924) and Walter Smith (1929). [Meade et alia 'Country Music Sources' p141].

--Stewie.